Locally made cookies in Local Yokal, a butcher shop in McKinney. Matt and Heather Hamilton run the shop, and stock it with goods from local producers.

Traditionally, local farmers haven’t grown a lot of winter crops. But that’s changing. Local winter goodies such as lettuces, greens, spinach, chard, radishes and even okra and greenhouse tomatoes are joining the seasonal warhorses: sweet potatoes, pecans and mushrooms.

The harvest is modest and limited by the weather (one ice storm, and most bets are off), but if you know where to look, local is alive and well. That goes for other farmers market staples, too, such as pastured meats, artisanal cheeses and breads, and seasonal jams and jellies.

Bolsa Mercado is the bright, new spot that gathers these in one place for the North Oak Cliff crowd. Tom Spicer’s urban garden behind his East Dallas FM 1410 storefront is thriving. Both Coppell and McKinney hold winter farmers markets, and in McKinney, the Local Yocal Farm to Market and Patina Green are locavore hotbeds. The Dallas Farmers Market farmers shed is fairly quiet in the winter, but not so Shed No. 2, where Pecan Lodge Catering, Ain’t No Mo! Buttercakes and Texas Meats are among the year-round vendors.

Facebook is the best way to stay in touch with your favorite haunts and local producers. Their pages tell what’s new, what’s just in and whether ice or snow has put the quietus on an outdoor market.

Read on for a snapshot of what’s out there, where to find it and what foodies should keep on their radars.

Kim Pierce is a Dallas freelance writer.

Bolsa Mercado

The new kid on the block with grab-and-go and take-home house-made foods also has an excellent and extensive selection of local artisan goods, including cheeses, individually packaged pastured-beef cuts, Well boutique coffee from Deep Ellum, Texas Olive Ranch oils and vinegars, Homestead Gristmill baking mixes and grains from Waco, Village Baking Co. breads (fresh daily), Dude Sweet Chocolates and more.

Both chains carry a lot of local and statewide artisanal foods as well as seasonal local produce, often noting the farms of origin. At Central Market, some foods that were once only available at farmers markets, such as Wackym’s Kitchen cookies and Savoy Sorbets, are now on the shelves and in the freezer. Both stores are continually adding local products.

Tom Spicer’s urban garden continues to flourish behind his FM 1410 storefront, where he almost always has petite-greens mixes. “If we sell out, we come out and cut more,” he says. He also has heirloom beefsteak tomatoes from Louisiana, and he’s expecting to harvest French breakfast radishes this month. Prepare to chew the fat with Spicer, and you’ll have to ask him what he’s got because he doesn’t do display cases.

McKinney’s winter markets continue the third Saturday of February and March. Rehoboth Ranch and Dominion Farms bring pastured meats and chicken. Good Earth Organic Farm in Celeste and Sachse Farms usually have winter produce, including greens, radishes, carrots and more. Other regulars include Village Baking Co. (breads), AP Apiaries (honey), Three Happy Cows (yogurt) and Lucido’s Pasta.

Produce, such as greens, kale, arugula, spinach, turnips, radishes, Swiss chard and Napa cabbage come from Good Earth Organics and from Spring Creek Organics in Richardson. The local cheese selection has grown; find five flavors of On Pure Ground Dairy goat cheese, also more Brazos Valley Cheese and Veldehuizen Family Farm selections. Other products include Luscombe Farms jams and jellies from Anna, Homestead Gristmill grain products, Windy Meadows Family Farm chicken and chicken broth, and beef and pork from Truth Hill Farm.

The Oak Cliff co-op store is open only Friday through Sunday during the winter. Local fresh produce expected in February: baby carrots and radishes, at least. It’s a steady source for Busy B’s Market eggs from Grandview, Three Happy Cows yogurt and caramel milk spread, Texas Daily Harvest organic milk and cheeses, including popular spicy cheese curds, County Line Farms organic milk, local cheeses (Brazos Valley Cheese, Full Quiver Farms), Windy Meadows Family Farm chicken plus local beef and pork.